Josh Masterson

You may be the person others lean on. You keep going even when your own body and mind feel worn out. Maybe you are a healer, someone in recovery, or a teen or adult facing changes that feel bigger than your current tools can handle. I offer CBT, ACT, IFS-informed, and somatic therapy in Portland, Maine, and online sessions. Our work brings together body awareness, grounded talk therapy, and time in nature. Together, we slow down enough for you to notice what is actually happening inside, so that change feels possible instead of overwhelming.

We practice noticing sensations in the body. As Eugene Gendlin, the founder of Focusing, said "your body knows the direction of healing and life. Through Focusing, it will give you the steps in the right direction.” Through this work, you learn how your body says yes or no, where pressure builds, and how release feels. Curiosity replaces self-judgment.

I lived in Thailand for a year teaching English in a small village near the Laos border called “Tha Wang Pha.” I trained in meditation at a retreat where I slept on a concrete slab with a wooden pillow (it was more comfortable that sounds). My aim is simple. Offer a grounded place where people can listen to themselves and move toward what matters.